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Photograph by J.D. Griggs on June 22,
1989

Lava sets fire to the once-popular Waha`ula Visitor Center
and maintenance shop in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park as it
completely covers the area with thin pahoehoe lava flows in
1989. Lava flowed again over this part of the south coast
of Kilauea Volcano in August 1997, covering the sites of
the former visitor center and a nearby ancient Hawaiian
temple.